The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-27

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real state of affairs we could have
easily captured the whols affair,
but no ooe knew what was the mat
ter until next day. About two
O'Clock on the day following this
affair we were all marched out
into line and searched. As before
stated we were reported to have
arms. All the viilainoas police of
Chicago were brought down to do
the searching, and they ri6ed our
barracks of ali the keepsakes we
had brought from home with US
our mothers sisters and loved ones
pictures and all such things. If
Chicago still has this same thiev-
ing set on duty they deserve the
fate the anarchists gave them. l
have no sympathy with anarchy,
neither have | any for thieves.
Qnite an amusing accident occur
ed with with big Joab, who is now
the sheriff of Lawrence county. He
had stuck down in his sock 4 rib
bOht vi q pCGA OHO VI VIC BO1lCt
vas searching him and Jim made
him think he wanted to keep that
foot from, him. He felt the bone and
thought he had made a discovery.
He pulled If out and was we'll sold.
He gave Slim large knife he had
stolen from some other prisoner for
fooling him. We never recovered
our trlnkets though. The whole
thing was conceived by old Hough
and the only mistake made by us
was that we did not kill him dur
ing the melee. Be it SAID to the
credit of the Chicago Times, it
came out boldly against such treat
ment of unarmed men. DR.. G. N.
Ordway visited US and brought us
money aud other things from home
which we greatly needed. Two no
torious characters of our regiment,
BUSY BILL AND ooTEN
deserted and joined the enemy.
They were drilled every day in full
view of US. Our boys would yell
out "Giye me your eyes, Ooten,''
an expression of Capt. Fount Wade,
to whose company Ooten belonged.
An old woman peddled pies in the
camp during the day, and kept
them in a kind of safe during the
night. One night Joe Dycus and
Garrett of Cork stole safe, pics and
all and the next morning the old
woman painted the prison red with
oathes. After the fall of Island No
10, quite number of prisoners
were sent up from there, mostly ar
tillerymen, several of them coming
in our regiment. Mr.. Imam, 10.
McWilliams and others whose
names | have forgotten coming in
our company. They were all nice
gentlemen and Mr.. Imam was q
man OF fine Intelligence. All the
letters We wrote or received we're
read by the authorities, so VIC
could get no news that they did not
want us to have, but news would
creep in some how and the happi-
est set of men you ever met were
the Giles county boys when they
heard John Morgan had
CAPTURED PULASKI
We formed the acquaintance Of
many of the different commands
and now after the lapse of twenty
five years we can find many brigh,
spots in our prison life. 1 cannot
close this without mentionin
Capt. Shipman, our prison commits
sary. He was as fine type of the
true gentleman as | ever met. In
all my dealings with him, and | had
transa ctions with him every day
for six months, I found him true
and manly and when we went to
leave every orderly sergeant in the
prison signed a paper giving him
credit for his uniform kindness to
US. | carried the paper to him my
self and when be told me good bye
he shed tears and told me that ho
never had met more manly and
honorable set of men than the con-
federates in Camp Douglass. The
old mans head was white then and
ere this 20 doubt his time is UP
and l hope his noble spirit found
rest in eteI nifty. We were notified
on September the 3rd to get ready
for exchange and you never saw
such joy in your life as was among
US then. ] Will close here and in
NY next take up from Chicsgo to
Vickshurg. SAM G. MITCHELL.